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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
November 6 - 10, 2024

(Q15) Davide Benzi/Carlo Bonifazi, Italy

Davide Benzi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 24, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Genova

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,635.03

Carlo Bonifazi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 16, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Roma

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$9,450.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	19	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	US$16,605.35

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	Q10	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-23/2024	Futures Messina	4	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/23-26/2024	Futures Battipaglia	2	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	5/16-19/2024	Futures Cervia	2	5th	240	€ 300.00

Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/6/2024	Qualifier 1	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (13, Q2)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	0:28

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$6,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	19	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	5	2	1	$16,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Davide Benzi												Carlo Bonifazi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$4,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$3,000.00
16	3	3	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	$4,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	2	2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00
28	3	3	0	5	4	1	7	2	1	$10,925.00	Total	23	2	2	0	3	3	3	5	2	1	$8,350.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,300.00	6	4	60.0 %
2022	FIVB	9	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	$11,500.00	20	13	60.6 %
2023	FIVB	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,400.00	9	3	75.0 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,100.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	0	5	2	1	$16,300.00	44	29	60.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Davide Benzi													Carlo Bonifazi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$250.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$100.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
9	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$5,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$5,750.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	2023	FIVB	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00
5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	$550.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	$550.00
22	2	2	0	3	3	1	6	2	3	$8,400.00	Total	Total	23	2	2	0	3	3	3	5	2	3	$8,350.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	33	73.3%	5	11.1%	7	15.6%	38-7	84.4%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	33-17	66.0%	10-10	50.0%	1	2	44-29	60.3%
2023-2024	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	13-7	65.0%	5-4	55.6%	0	1	18-12	60.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	15	5	0	0	12	3	4	3	0	3	2	2	35	16
Total	0	0	7	5	19	10	0	2	12	4	4	3	0	3	2	2	44	29

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
6/11/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	8	Benzi/Bonifazi	41	21-11, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # 12 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Benzi/Bonifazi	Q12	Popov/Reznik	Q5	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 13, Q2 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 0-1
11/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 1	Amieva/Bueno	13, Q2	Benzi/Bonifazi	Q15	21-10, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 14, Q4 Bello/Bello, England 2-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Rhodes Futures	Winner 1	Benzi/Bonifazi	3	Bello/Bello	12, Q5	11-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:51
4/15/22	FIVB	Songkhla Futures	Pool B	Benzi/Bonifazi	10	Bello/Bello	7	21-11, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q7 Smith/Webber, United States 0-1
5/26/24	FIVB	Futures Battipaglia	Semi-Finals	Smith/Webber	6	Benzi/Bonifazi	2	21-17, 21-19	0:41